Definition: In kernel estimation, a scalar argument to the kernel function that determines
what range of the nearby data points will be heavily weighted
in making an estimate. The choice of bandwidth represents a tradeoff between
bias (which is intrinsic to a kernel estimator, and which increases with
bandwidth), and variance of the estimates from the data (which decreases with
bandwidth).
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Cross-validation is one way to choose the bandwidth as a function of the data.
Has a variety of similar definitions in spectral analysis. Generally, a
bandwidth is some way of defining the range of frequencies that will be
included by the estimation process. In some estimations it is an argument to
the estimation process.
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- Hardle, Wolfgang.. 1990. Applied Nonparametric Regression. Cambridge University Press: Econometric Society Monograph.
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